April 27, 2011

A longer-term view of inflation: industrial metals vs. gold

I found an interesting dataset at the IMF of commodity prices going back to 1980. What makes it interesting is to look at the longer-term price trends of some of…

April 27, 2011

Commodities: No bubble here

With commodity prices up so much over the past several years, you can forgive long-term value investors for giving them a miss. Who wants to risk exposure to another asset…

April 27, 2011

Today in Commodities: Status quo from Fed

Nothing new to report from Uncle Ben and his cronies but at least there was more talk of inflation with rising commodity […]

April 20, 2011

Trevali signs term-sheet with WestLB for up to US$30,000,000 debt facility for Santander zinc-lead-silver mine development in Peru

Trevali Mining Corporation (“Trevali” or the “Company”)(TSX:TV)(OTCQX:TREVF) announces that it has signed an engagement letter and indicative term-sheet with WestLB AG, New […]

April 20, 2011

Trevali Mining getting $30m loan to fast-track production

With a new loan close to being secured, Trevali may soon join the ranks of bona fide miners, producing at two poly-metallic […]

April 18, 2011

Capstone Mining to acquire Far West Mining in $725 million deal; shares down seven percent

Capstone Mining will acquire all the issued and outstanding shares of Far West Mining. Total transaction value will be Can$725 million. Capstone released details of the agreement in a press…

April 18, 2011

Is commodities boom nearing its end?

The commodity bull has shown little sign of running out of steam - until now. Prices began to stumble as soon as a note from Goldman Sachs, the American banking…

April 16, 2011

Hondo Minerals to start-up processing facility at Tennessee mine

Hondo Minerals Corp has announced the expansion of its operational infrastructure in preparation for the opening of a processing facility at the Tennessee mine in Arizona.

April 15, 2011

NovaGold releases PEA for Ambler project, Alaska

NovaGold Resources released a prefeasibility study today on its 100%-owned Ambler project in northwest Alaska. The Vancouver-based company is exploring the sprawling 36,670-hectare property, which is host to a number…

April 14, 2011

Goldman’s near-term bearish turn on commodities

Yesterday was quite a weak day in the commodity markets, with a few staging outside reversals on their charts. It appears some […]